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Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service – Greenwich

  • The Greenwich Early Intervention (EIT) Service cares for young people experiencing their first case of psychosis.

    Psychosis is a term that describes experiences that affect a person’s perceptions, thoughts, mood and behaviour. Everyone’s experience of psychosis is unique but it can include:

    • Hallucinations
    • Changes in the way you think and feel
    • Frightening or unusual thoughts
    • Irritation or short temper
    • Lack of energy, motivation or concentration
    • Changes in sleep or appetite

    The team is based at the Bexleyheath Centre and covers the whole borough of Bexley.

    The EIT is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Rethink - a mental health charity. The team can help in several ways, including offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for psychosis and working with young people’s families.

  • Address: Ferryview Health Centre,  25-27 John Wilson Street,  Woolwich, London, SE18 6PZ
  • Reception phone number: 020 8319 5500

Our aims

The Greenwich Early Intervention (EIT) Service cares for young people experiencing their first case of psychosis.

Our team

We are a small team that is made up of:

  • A social worker
  • Occupational therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Community psychiatric nurse

How to access this service

To access this service, you must be:

  • Living in the borough of Greenwich
  • Aged between 18-65 years
  • Experiencing psychosis for the first time
  • At risk of developing psychosis

Referrals

You can be referred to this service by:

  • Other Mental Health Services within the Oxleas Trust
  • Early Intervention Teams in other boroughs

We do not accept referrals for:

  • Patients outside of the target age range
  • Patients with a very severe learning disability and communication difficulties
  • Patients receiving intensive residential rehabilitation
  • Patients whose psychotic experiences are clearly due to intoxication
  • Patients whose experiences are a result of neurological disorder
  • Patients who have already received three years of EIP service and have been discharged
  • Patients who have experienced psychosis and previously accessed mental health services for treatment for psychosis

Our services are available from Monday to Friday (9 am - 5 pm)

How to contact this service

Ferryview Health Centre,

25-27 John Wilson Street,

Woolwich,

London,

SE18 6PZ

Public phone number: 020 8319 5500

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